430' Transactions. — Bo tany . 



cula, subelliptica vel obovato-elliptica, cuspidata, marginibus 

 erectis, superne ob cellulas paulum prominentes valcle indis- 

 tiiicte obtuse serrulatis, nervo tenui, rufescente, infra apicem 

 evanido, cellulis basilaribus breviter rectangularibus, supe- 

 rioribus ovali-hexagouis, niarginalibus limbum indistinctum, 

 hyalinum, e serie unica cellularum composito efformantibus ; 

 seta 5mm. alta, stricta, tenuis, pallide rubra; tlieca erecta, 

 symmetrica, cum collo sporangio aequilongo clavato-pyri- 

 formis, sublaevis, collo ruguloso, pallida ; annuhis ; jjeri- 

 stomium duplex ; exostomii dentes 16, rubri, lanceolato-subu- 

 lati, c. 0-3 m. longi et c. 0-05 mm. lati, obliqui, alte lamellati, 

 lamellis c. 10, longitudinaliter striolati ; endostoynium sordide 

 luteum, papillosum ; processics dentibus breviores, angusti ; 

 spori 0022-0025 mm., ferruginei, grosse verrucosi ; operculum 

 alte convexum, mamillatum, 0"57 mm. diam., cellulis in 

 seriebus obliquis dispositis ; calyptra pallida, longirostris, basi 

 iu laciniis duabus divisa. 



" Sides of bridle-path, Lyttelton Hills ; T.W.N. B.: n. 64. 



" Species distinctissima, cum F. cjisjndata, H. f. et W., 

 comparanda, sed foliis nervo infra apicem evanido, theca 

 anguste clavato-pyriformi jam dignoscenda." — V. F. B., op. 

 cit., p. 83. 



Funaria (Bntosthodon) helmsii, Broth, et Geh., n. sp. 



" Autoica ; gregaria, viridis ; caiilis 3 mm. altus, erectus, 

 iniima basi radiculosus, simplex ; folia inferiora perpauca, 

 minuta, superiora multo niajora, patentia, concaviuscula, 

 oblongo - obovata, acutiuscula, marginibus erectis, superne 

 serrulatis, nervo viridi, infra summum apicem evanido, cellulis 

 basilaribus breviter rectangularibus, superioribus ovali-hexa- 

 gonis ; seta 5-7 mm. alta, strictiuscula, tenuis, pallide rubra ; 

 theca erecta, cum collo sporangio gequilongo anguste clavato- 

 pyriformis, pallida, sicca sublaevis, collo ruguloso ; annulus ; 

 peristomium simplex ; exostomii dentes 16, lanceolato-subulati, 

 c. 0-17 mm. longi et c. 0-045 mm. lati, striolati, aurantiaci ; 

 spori 0-02-0-025 mm., ochracei, laevissimi ; operculum planum, 

 minutum, c. 0-5 inm. dian:;., cellulis in seriebus obliquis dis- 

 positis ; calyptra pallida, vix inflata. 



" P atria. — New Zealand [Westland] : Camp 10 ; Helms. 



" Species F. subcuspidatce. m. simillima, sed foliorum 

 forma, peristomio simpliei, sporis ochraceis, laevissimis nee 

 non operculo piano longe diversa." — V. F. B., op. cit., p. 84. 



Funaria (Entosthodon) subattenuata, Broth., n. sp. 



''Autoica; gregaria, pallide viridis; cauli's ad 1 cm. usque 

 altus, erectus, tenuis, infima basi radiculosus, simplex vel 

 dichotome ramosus ; folia inferiora remota, minuta, comalia 

 multo majora, patula, planiuscula, oblonga, acuta, 2-3 ram. 



